Education

May 13, 2025

Miki Lustig wins ISMRM Gold Medal for pioneering work in MRI

EECS Professor Miki Lustig has won a Gold Medal Award from the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), the highest honor bestowed by the society. Lustig was recognized “for the development of compressed sensing methods for MRI acquisition and reconstruction,” a groundbreaking contribution that has significantly advanced…

May 1, 2025

Armando Fox and Dan Garcia receive Leon A. Henkin Citation

EECS Professors Armando Fox and Dan Garcia have been awarded the prestigious Leon A. Henkin Citation by UC Berkeley’s Committee on Diversity, Equity, and Campus Climate (DECC). Named after Emeritus Professor of Mathematics Leon A. Henkin, who founded the Committee on Special Scholarships in 1963 to support students from…

April 24, 2025

UC Berkeley celebrates opening of Grimes Engineering Center

Students, faculty, staff, key benefactors and the legendary Oski the Bear came together Monday for a festive celebration of the opening of the Grimes Engineering Center, a new hub on the north side of campus. UC Berkeley Engineering marked this exciting milestone — just two years after the building’s groundbreaking…

March 20, 2025

Dan Garcia wins UC Berkeley Distinguished Teaching Award

EECS Teaching Professor Dan Garcia has won the UC Berkeley Distinguished Teaching Award. Garcia is one of five UC Berkeley instructors who have been honored with the 2025 Distinguished Teaching Award, the university’s highest recognition for teaching excellence. Announced by the Academic Senate’s Committee on Teaching, the award celebrates educators…